[teaching tools] multiplication table

I had to update and print fresh copies of our multiplication table, which reminded me that I meant to start sharing design projects you can print yourself. There’s a single chart PDF here. There’s a double chart PDF here. (This is so that you can easily print 2 per sheet for smaller charts. I tape

[shop stories] sunset streak

[Once a week or so, I'll share the story behind an image available for purchase in my shop.] The view from our front deck has always been wonderful. I'm not sure why these streaks were here (the sun was setting and this is the east). I am thinking it has something to do with poor

[shop stories] broken butterfly

[Once a week or so, I'll share the story behind an image available for purchase in my shop.] I sat on the deck for hours watching over this broken butterfly. I don't remember how many pictures I took; there were a lot. I lost the ones I didn't post to social media when my laptop

[shop stories] sunflower

[Once a week or so, I'll share the story behind an image available for purchase in my shop.] This is the first year I've tried to grow sunflowers. I planted the entire pack of seeds. I had a total of ten sprout. Of the ten, this is the only stalk to make it. As I'm

[shop stories] tomatoes

[Once a week or so, I'll share the story behind an image available for purchase in my shop.] Y'ALL. Tomatoes might not have much scope for imagination, but the plants on my deck experience remarkable depth of field. These are amazing because they go through a sort of rainbow process – green to yellow to

[shop stories] pink blossoms

[Once a week or so, I'll share the story behind an image available for purchase in my shop.] This is one of my favorite images ever. I took the original photo in early 2011, before I had daughters, when I was almost drowning in an attempt to start a photography business and justify my stay-at-home